Tell Us: Best NYC Mooncakes To Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

NEW YORK CITY — A harvest tradition began this week with East Asian communities across the globe celebrating the first full moon of fall.

Based on the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival corresponds with the bright orange glow of the Harvest Moon and is often celebrated with family gatherings, lantern lightings and digging into mooncakes — a dense sweet pastry that is baked or steamed.

The sweet treats are traditionally filled with lotus paste and salted egg yolk. Other variations include red bean or date pates. Modern mooncakes also cater to contemporary flavors including taro, green tea and chocolate. This year, Guinness even released its own flavor.

To mark the seasonal holiday, we want to know your favorite spots around the city to purchase the delicacies. Tell us your go to bakery to buy a batch of the moon-shaped goodies by Thursday, Sept. 27 and we'll include them in a round up of the best places to enjoy mooncakes.

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